Corruption in Kenya
From the
BBC/World comes this story about Corruption in Kenya and the German government doing something about it:
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Germany cuts Kenya anti-graft aid
Germany has joined the US in suspending funding for Kenya's increasingly discredited anti-corruption programme.
bq. German ambassador Bernd Braun said changes made to Kenya's cabinet had not gone far enough to prove President Mwai Kibaki's resolve to deal with graft.
bq. He said the $6.5m (500m shillings) aid would not be released until Mr Kibaki sacked ministers found to be corrupt.
bq. Kenya's presidential press service said the cabinet's war against corruption would "continue relentlessly".
Right -- probably with your hand deep in the till just like everyone else.
Germany and the US are doing the right thing. Here is a bit about the Kenyan Anti-Corruption committee:
bq. The committee's director, Jane Kiragu, stepped down on Friday because she was frustrated by lack of funding from the government, a spokesman said.
bq. Committee member Tom Mshindi, who is chief executive of Kenya's Standard newspaper group, also resigned.
bq. Mr Kibaki's chief anti-graft adviser, John Githongo, had already stepped down earlier this month - reportedly because he felt the government and the president were no longer committed to stopping corruption.
What is it about tropical nations that foster such corruption?
Posted by DaveH at February 18, 2005 6:18 PM